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Vanderbilt football, Diego Pavia vs South Carolina score prediction, scouting report in Week 11
Vanderbilt football is fresh off bowl eligibility with a win over Auburn last week. Now, the Commodores will return home in front of a sold-out crowd against South Carolina at FirstBank Stadium (3:15 p.m., SEC Network).
Vanderbilt (6-3, 3-2 SEC) faces a long losing streak to the Gamecocks (5-3, 3-3) with plenty of motivation to snap it. But the Commodores also have a few key players, most notably Diego Pavia and Sedrick Alexander, banged up and have not scored more than 24 points in a game since beating Alabama.
Vanderbilt and South Carolina had an argument to be ranked in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2024 season, but both teams were left out.
Here’s what you need to know about the matchup:
Vanderbilt football has lost 15 straight games to South Carolina
Vanderbilt’s most recent win over South Carolina was four Commodores coaches and three Gamecocks coaches ago, when Bobby Johnson’s Vanderbilt team defeated Steve Spurrier’s South Carolina, 24-17 in 2008.
Since then, the Commodores have lost 15 straight games in the series. Vanderbilt dropped a heartbreaker in 2021, 21-20, but the last two matchups have been significant margins for South Carolina, including a 47-6 loss in Columbia last season.
Diego Pavia, LaNorris Sellers are dual-threat quarterbacks
Pavia (62.56 yards per game) and South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers (50.43 yards per game) are the top two quarterbacks in the SEC in rushing yards and rushing attempts per game. In passing yards per game, Pavia is 11th and Sellers is 12th among the SEC’s 16 starting quarterbacks. In passing attempts per game, Sellers is 12th and Pavia is 13th.
Both teams have a run-heavy offense, with the Gamecocks leaning on Sellers and running back Rocket Sanders, while Vanderbilt has Pavia and Alexander.
Both offenses rely heavily on the run, both from running backs and quarterbacks, to be effective. With both defenses practicing against this type of offense, it may be hard for either team to get an edge.
Could Nashville weather impact Vanderbilt vs South Carolina?
Rain is in the forecast for Saturday afternoon and evening in Nashville. That could make it more difficult for both teams to hold onto the ball and could also impact the kicking game. This season, Vanderbilt has fumbled nine times but lost just two of those fumbles, while South Carolina has fumbled 15 times and lost nine.
Vanderbilt football score prediction vs South Carolina
Vanderbilt 17, South Carolina 14: This looks like a classic spot for a low-scoring game. It could go either way, but Vanderbilt has played well at home this season and that could provide an advantage.
Aria Gerson covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean. Contact her at agerson@gannett.com or on X, formerly Twitter, @aria_gerson.
New details have emerged in an officer-involved shooting that left one dead and a deputy injured in Anderson County on Monday.
A deputy with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) initiated a traffic stop outside of Townville, SC, on I-85 Northbound near Mile Marker 11 for a traffic violation, according to a release from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).
The deputy requested back-up and spoke to 32-year-old Austin Derrell Robertson, of Pennsylvania, in his patrol vehicle. Once the other deputy arrived, Robertson got out of the vehicle and “a physical altercation involving him and the two deputies” occured, according to SLED.
SC deputy critically injured after shooting during traffic stop, suspect killed
While deputies attempted to tase Robertson, officials said he grabbed a firearm from his vehicle and shot one of the deputies.
Both deputies then shot back at Roberston, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
SLED said the deputy was airlifted to the hospital and remains there for treatment at this time.
The incident remains under investigation by SLED, as requested by the ACSO.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Former South Carolina Lt. Gov. André Bauer has been nominated for a position in foreign diplomacy.
The White House on Tuesday listed Bauer as a nominee to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Belize, a Central American country bordering Guatemala.
It’s unclear when a confirmation hearing will take place. WIS has reached out to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee for more information.
Bauer was South Carolina’s lieutenant governor from 2003-2011, serving under then-Gov. Mark Sanford. Before that, he served terms in the South Carolina House of Representatives and the South Carolina Senate.
More recently, Bauer entered the race for U.S. Senate in July 2025, looking to unseat Sen. Lindsey Graham in the Republican primary. He ended his campaign the following month.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Six Republican candidates vying to become South Carolina’s next governor met in downtown Charleston for a wide-ranging debate that put abortion, infrastructure and the future of data centers at the center of the race.
The forum was held at the Sottile Theatre, where Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, state Sen. Josh Kimbrell, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, Lowcountry businessman Rom Reddy and Attorney General Alan Wilson took the stage.
Questions included whether they would support a state hate crime law, how they would address concerns about growth and infrastructure, how to navigate collaboration, abortion and the future of data centers in the state.
One issue that drew near-unanimous opposition was state Senate Bill 1095, a proposed total abortion ban that passed out of committee earlier in the day. All of the candidates opposed the bill, but they differed on what they would do if it reached the governor’s desk.
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Norman said he would sign it.
“You know, this is an emotional issue, but I will tell you if this bill came to my desk as governor. If it passed the House and the Senate, I would sign it,” Norman said.
All of the other candidates on stage said they would veto the bill if it came across their desk as governor, with Reddy arguing the question should be decided by voters.
“The Supreme Court did not say the loudest voice in the ruling class prevails. It said it’s up to the people in the state, so let’s put it to a referendum,” Reddy said.
On infrastructure, candidates discussed reforming the South Carolina Department of Transportation and allowing private-sector involvement to help pay for improvements.
Wilson outlined ideas that included leasing interstate easements and expanding private express lanes.
“We privatized that grass between the interstates. We turn it into private express lanes that can be told we leased the easements on the sides of interstates to telecommunication companies and energy companies, and charge them for natural gas line and fiber optic fiber optic cables,” Wilson said.
Evette also pointed to public-private partnerships and the possibility of fast-pass lanes.
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“We want to make sure that we’re innovative public private partnerships coming in and creating fast pass lanes to allow people that are in a hurry to be able to utilize that,” Evette said.
The final question focused on data centers, with candidates agreeing corporations should “pay their way.”
“They should pay for their water. They should pay for their infrastructure, any roads around it, and we should look at what Governor Ron DeSantis has done in Florida with the large data centers that are coming to Florida. That should be the model in South Carolina and everywhere,” Mace said.
Kimbrell said the state should set limits to protect natural resources and guard against higher power costs for residents.
“Put parameters around data centers to ensure that the water consumption does not impact places like the ACE Basin,” Kimbrell said. “Ensuring that the Public Service Commission makes absolutely sure nobody’s power rate goes up and we try to get behind the meter energy grids in place so they can be self-sufficient.”
Two more debates are planned ahead of the primaries on June 9.
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